Vietnam War - Color, 1965: 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Operations, 26-27May65
Slate: 26May65 Soldiers of rifle companies of 1st Bn, 173rd Airborne Brigade in meadow prepare for operation, men adjust packs, light cigarettes. MCU soldier w/ M16 rifle & pack radio; .50 cal MG on tripod. Soldier rests on ground. Soldiers briefed around maps.
12:05:55 Slate: same. Soldiers load into trucks; out of trucks & board UH-1D helicopters.
12:06:41 Slate: same. MCU White & Black soldiers apply charcoal to faces; talk, drink juice from can. One cleans M79 grenade launcher. Capt Raymond E Marshall speaks to Viet Lt.
12:07:51 Slate: illegible. UH1s lift after unloading, soldiers jog across field; set up M60 machine gun in underbrush. Squad leader positioning soldiers by hand signals. MS GI w/ M16 by tree; Black GI loads M-79; others waiting. UH1s in to land, take off.
12:08:59 Slate: 27May65 MS Capt Marshall & Viet officer interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in jungle.
12:09:31 Soldiers run along path into jungle village; approach buildings w/ care. Soldier looks into hut w/ Ml6 rifle at ready.
12:10:04 Slate: 26May65. Soldiers along jungle trail. Frightened Vietcong w/ hands over his head searched. Viet officer questions the prisoner. Soldiers bend under a fallen tree as they move along path thru dense jungle. One soldier is a Negro. NOTE: All Americans wear the l73d shoulder patch.
Airmobile Tactical Exercise; 1965; Vietnam War;
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.
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Vietnam War - Color, 1965: 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Operations, 26-27May65 Slate: 26May65 Soldiers of rifle companies of 1st Bn, 173rd Airborne Brigade in meadow prepare for operation, men adjust packs, light cigarettes. MCU soldier w/ M16 rifle & pack radio; .50 cal MG on tripod. Soldier rests on ground. Soldiers briefed around maps. 12:05:55 Slate: same. Soldiers load into trucks; out of trucks & board UH-1D helicopters. 12:06:41 Slate: same. MCU White & Black soldiers apply charcoal to faces; talk, drink juice from can. One cleans M79 grenade launcher. Capt Raymond E Marshall speaks to Viet Lt. 12:07:51 Slate: illegible. UH1s lift after unloading, soldiers jog across field; set up M60 machine gun in underbrush. Squad leader positioning soldiers by hand signals. MS GI w/ M16 by tree; Black GI loads M-79; others waiting. UH1s in to land, take off. 12:08:59 Slate: 27May65 MS Capt Marshall & Viet officer interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in jungle. 12:09:31 Soldiers run along path into jungle village; approach buildings w/ care. Soldier looks into hut w/ Ml6 rifle at ready. 12:10:04 Slate: 26May65. Soldiers along jungle trail. Frightened Vietcong w/ hands over his head searched. Viet officer questions the prisoner. Soldiers bend under a fallen tree as they move along path thru dense jungle. One soldier is a Negro. NOTE: All Americans wear the l73d shoulder patch. Airmobile Tactical Exercise; 1965; Vietnam War; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.